duty
ἐπεὰν νῶτον ὑὸς δελεάσῃ περὶ ἄγκιστρον, μετιεῖ ἐς μέσον τὸν ποταμόν, ὁ κροκόδειλος ἵεται κατὰ τὴν φωνήν, ἐντυχὼν δὲ τῷ νώτῳ καταπίνει → when he has baited a hog's back onto a hook, he throws it into the middle of the river, ... the crocodile lunges toward the voice of a squealing piglet, and having come upon the hogback, swallows it
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
substantive
what is fitting: P. and V. τὸ πρέπον, τὸ προσῆκον.
what is necessary: P. and V. τὰ δέοντα.
no plea or excuseis left to you for refusing to do your duty: P. οὐδὲ λόγος οὐδὲ σκῆψις ἐθ' ὑμῖν τοῦ μὴ τὰ δέοντα ποιεῖν ἐθέλειν ὑπολείπεται (Dem. 10).
do one's duty: P. and V. πράσσειν ἃ χρή.
one's duty towards the gods: P. and V. τὸ εὐσεβές.
task: P. and V. ἔργον, τό, V. χρέος, τό, τέλος, τό; see task.
allotted task: P. τάξις, ἡ.
his hand sees its duty: V. χεὶρ ὁρᾷ τὸ δράσιμον (Aesch., Seven Against Thebes 554) .
I have exceeded my duty in speaking of these points: P. περιείργασμαι ἐγὼ περὶ τούτων εἰπών (Dem. 248).
it is the duty of children to: P. and V. παίδων ἐστί (with infin.).
it is your duty: P. and V. χρή σε, δεῖ σε, προσήκει σε or σοι, V. σόν ἐστι, σὸν ἔργον ἐστί.
